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list price: $15.95
edition:Paperback
category: Poetry
published: May 2007
ISBN:9781894759229
publisher:
Caitlin Press
Description
Marita Dachsel's debut collection is a visceral exploration of the moments of life that stand out in the pages of a family album and the intervals of memory. She playfully and poignantly documents first crushes, first times, weddings and trips across town, across water, and across continents. Dachsel perceptively sprinkles these moments with the details photographs don't reveal, as in "Dispatches from an Impending Marriage": 'Don't talk to me about photographers./ Nothing will capture this. A printed paper/ will only mock - / a gaudy misrepresentation/ a plastic jesus on the mantle - / two dimensions of fabric, teeth and skin.'
About the Author
Marita Dachsel is the author of the poetry collections There Are Not Enough Sad Songs, Glossolalia, and All Things Said & Done, and the play Initiation Trilogy. Her essays have appeared in multiple anthologies. She is an assistant teaching professor in the Writing Department at the University of Victoria.
Contributor Notes
Marita Dachsel was born and raised in Williams Lake, BC, and has lived in Kamloops, Dawson City, Auckland and Montpellier, France. She has an MFA in creative writing from UBC and has been published widely in Canadian literary journals. She currently lives in Vancouver, BC.
Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
- Age:
- 14
- Grade:
- 9
Awards
- Short-listed, ReLit Award
